Latvian armed forces

Latvian Armed Forces is Enhancing its UAV Fleet

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The Latvian National Armed Forces will acquire unmanned aerial vehicles, in a move that will support local manufacture. The Latvian Ministry of Defense signed...
cyber

How Companies Can Minimize Cyber Attack Damage

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The recent wave of ransomware attacks and preceding waves of cyber breaches could make it appear as though cyber criminals want their pay-off immediately....
gun

U.S. Army Develops Gun Unlike Any Other

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Soldiers equipped with a variety of attachments to their M4s and M16s, such as aim lasers and night vision scopes, more often than not...
UAV

U.S. Air Force Buys New Counter-UAV System

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As part of a multi-million dollar contract, the U.S. Air Force placed an order for new counter-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) radar technology. Electronic-scanning (e-scan) radars...
ballistic missile

Anti Ballistic Missile System Successfully Tested

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The Pentagon recently intercepted a test ballistic missile with the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA system, the second time that weapon has been successfully tested...
Gun

New Gun Can Fit In Your Wallet

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The need to develop user-friendly, efficient and cost-effective solutions is constantly growing. A most recent example of this trend is the recently developed LifeCard...
Defense

Turkey Purchases Russian Missile Defense System

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The Turkish minister of defense, Hulusi Akar, recently states that Russia will supply Turkey with Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems, which will be installed...
soldiers

Technological Advances Weigh Heavy on Soldiers

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Despite technological advances, the load ordinary soldiers carry in 2018 is probably greater than it’s ever been, and there are constant efforts to make...
tactical vehicle

Latvia Receives Military Tactical Vehicle from the U.S.

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For the first time, Latvia already received 18 ‘Sportsman Big Boss’ and MRZR-2 military tactical vehicles manufactured by an American company. The vehicles, which have...
Stinger, Photo Credit U.S. Air-Force photo by Samuel King Jr.

Stinger Upgrade Brings One Hundred Percent Hit-Rate

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The Stinger missile is the U.S. military's main short-range air defense weapon, featuring in-flight guidance and an almost 0.5 kg warhead that sends shrapnel...

Israel Aerospace Industries Sign $777 Million Contract with India

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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced today, October 24th, it has been awarded an additional, $777-million mega- contract for supply of LRSAM Air & Missile...
ballistic missile

Ukraine’s New Tactical Ballistic Missile System

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A Ukrainian company confirmed that it has had some success in development of the new Grom-2 tactical ballistic missile system. The Grom-2, developed by Yuzhnoye...
battery

Drone Batteries Become Increasingly Specialized

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The applications of drones for both security and commercial purposes is becoming an increasingly common phenomenon. With rapid implementation of drone technology comes the...
rifle

U.S. Army Eyes Revolutionary New Rifle

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A new and revolutionary rifle was recently developed by an independent gunsmith out of his garage in Colorado, and it grabbed the attention of...
night vision

The Future of Night Vision is Here

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A series of night vision upgrades allows soldiers to shoot around corners and fire accurately from the hip with the Rapid Target Acquisition capability. In...
hyperspectral

Hyperspectral Sensors to Enhance Vision on Battlefield

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A new type of vision-enhancing technology is currently being developed to be used in the battlefield. “Hyperspectral” imaging looks beyond ordinary colors to see...
Anti Satellite

Russia Could Soon Shoot Down Satellites

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Russia’s Mikoyan MiG-31 Foxhound interceptor was recently spotted with a new, large missile suspended underneath, which could be a Russian anti-satellite weapon. The missile was...
experimentation

Marines Expand Experimentation as New Strategy

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The U.S. Marines Corps will likely majorly increase experimentation in order to push future success in an increasingly competitive field.   According to the new...
robotics

Call for Startups – Unmanned Vehicles & Robotics Airshow AUS&R 2018

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We are delighted to invite ground-breaking startups in the unmanned systems and robotics fields to take part in the sixth unmanned vehicles & robotics...

Learning To Deal With Cyber Attacks

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Cyberattacks and the methods by which the public and private sectors deter and counter them have occupied the headlines with increasing frequency in today’s...

The Growing Threat Posed by Military AI

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Militaries across the world should urgently work to avoid the "unanticipated interaction" between individual AI systems, an electronic rights organisation has warned. Targeted at the...

Germany Establishes New Defense Research Agency

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Germany wants to establish an agency like the American DARPA. Its Defense and Interior ministry officials are pushing for the creation of a new...

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Drones Could Soon Navigate Collapsed Buildings Without Slowing Down

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Flying autonomous drones through unpredictable environments remains one of the biggest technical challenges in robotics. In confined spaces such as collapsed buildings, industrial sites,...